Oh gee, everyone's giving it such high reviews,
I would have to say after playing other games in the series or other games by the same creators, (Square soft, Square Enix), Compare to the rest, its more advanced, but not as deep. It has a sort of superficial touch to it, revolving the game more around human based characters or different race as a pose to different species (though most have been like this). But behind all the bright colors and loud and cheerful music there is a much darker side to this game, where the main theme seems to revolve around death, the bringer or death, Sin probably one of the most complex characters in the game, as
Spoiler:
he is later on found to be the father of the main character and guardian or the female protagonist, Yuna's, father.
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The Sound
As most Final Fantasy's the soundtrack is worth turning down the sound and turning up the CD player or listening to an Mp3 player of iPod. The only song I really liked was Auron's theme, and Otherworld playing at the start and end of this game. Though the voicing was decent, as this was the first Final Fantasy to have voice-overs, and the voice's suited their characters.
5/10
The Graphics
As aw-inspiring as the FMV's were, the cut-scenes weren't nearly as impressive as their media counterparts. Though at this early stage the lips weren't really as synced with the voicing as one would expect, only in the FMV's. Another disappointing this was the length of the cut-scenes, these were painful, and you did not have the ability to skip.
As for the backgrounds, some were a majestic site, that you wish you could travel to one day. Move beautiful visual came for you when you have the ability to summon with some slow and beautiful backdrops.
8/10
The Gameplay
The Gameplay became a bit tideous at times with the pain of, if you could not defeat a boss after numerous tries you would have to run around a specific area would hours, with the screen cracking everytime you get into a random battle. Otherwise when you were heading really well, and knew what to do the game play became really intense and drew you in immensely.
7/10
The Story
The story became too complex as it progressed, too many things happen at once, too many points of views come together at one stage.
5/10
The Characters
Each character unique, every different personality, a different dress style, and a different sense of righteousness. All of them with the one desire, to protect Yuna from harm. The voices really helped me to understand each character, with them being suited quite well.
8/10
Overall: 8.6/10
A reasonably decent game for players looking to start playing RPG's and there's certainly and abundance of this game flowing.